Chapter 73

In the third year of the early Han Dynasty, the central plains were still in war and strife, losing the control of the central government, and the order among the various princes had become disorderly. First of all, Dong Zhuo of Chang'an was forced to move westward by the warlords of Guandong, but the Xiliang army and Bingzhou army under Dong Zhuo were still the world's heroes. Dong Zhuo controlled the three northwest States, and looked forward to the opportunity.

In the southwest, Liu Yan still controlled Yizhou, and made Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu capture Hanzhong under his tent. As a barrier, Liu Yan became a overlord in Yizhou. However, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, since the defeat of the first World War in Wulin, began to concentrate on consolidating his Jingzhou power. It seems that he has no idea of going east any more.

In the northeast, there was a series of scuffles among various princes. First, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao and Liu Bei occupied Youzhou. Yuan Shao controlled most of Jizhou's territory bounded by Boling and Anguo. Liu Bei, as a new born vassal, sent troops again to seize Zhongshan County and extracted the two teeth from Yuan Shao's mouth After that, Liu Bei gradually appeared in the eyes of various princes.

Under the pretext of exterminating the remaining evils of the Yellow turban army, Cao Cao seized Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and organized a large number of yellow turban troops. His influence gained unprecedented expansion, and had a series of friction with Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou. Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao's younger brother, lost his strength after the defeat in Yangzhou. Later, he fell out with his brother Yuan Shao and had to retreat to Yuzhou.

As for the fastest-growing and most noticeable one is Sun Jian. After returning to Changsha, Sun Jian was like a fierce tiger. First, Cheng Pu led a group of people to take Lingling and Guiyang counties to consolidate the rear. Then, Liu Biao, the remaining General of Han Dang, broke down the attacking Liu Biao, and helped Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, beat back Yuan Shu. Sun Jian himself took Yuzhang, Chaisang, Pengze and Lujiang, which was very powerful In the following months, Sun Jian led Jiangdong army down the Yangtze River, where he heard the wind and fell. Except for Yan Baihu's Wu Jun and Wang Lang's Kuaiji, all the Jiangdong areas belonged to Sun Jian. Sun Jian is famous for the fierce tiger in the east of the river.

In the government office of moling City, Sun Jian and one of his subordinates gathered happily. As early as a month ago, Sun Jian followed Chen Ren's suggestion, strengthened and widened moling City, and sent people to connect all the generals and family members of Changsha City to this place, which was intended to be a new base area.

In the banquet hall, the factions on the left and right sides of Sun Jian's seat are clear. The old members of Sun Jian's first cadre headed by Chen Ren sit on Sun Jian's left hand side, while those sitting on the right side are a group of new people who have come to seek refuge after sun Jian swept Jiangdong. Among them, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zhen are the leaders, representing the forces of the major families in Jiangdong.

Chen Ren poured his own wine and secretly looked at Zhang Zhao and others who were sitting opposite him. Unfortunately, all these represent the interests of the aristocratic family, which is fundamentally opposite to Sun Jian, who wants to rule Jiangdong authoritarianly. Otherwise, they are all good talents!

After listening to Lu Ji of the Lu family behind him, Zhang JianZheng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, but turned to see Chen renzheng, who was known as the Dragon general, looking at his side. Perhaps it was because of his own discovery that Chen Ren simply raised his glass to this side and began to drink with a smile. Naturally, Zhang Zhen would not give Chen Ren the face, and immediately raised his glass in front of him, thinking while drinking.

At first, when he heard about Chen Ren's deeds, Zhang Zhen thought that he was just a martial man. Although military generals were of great importance in the war, they were not indispensable. Zhang always believed that only the wise men were the key to the decisive factor. However, since the day when Zhang Jian went to Sun Jian and saw Chen Ren, his surprise never stopped.

First of all, Chen Ren's appearance does not look like a military general at all. It seems that he is even thinner than the literati, and his appearance is too mediocre. In his childhood, Zhang also learned a little about facial features. Looking at Chen Ren's face, he looked like he was dying early. Moreover, he could not live to be ten years old. However, Chen Ren was in good health.

The second is Chen Ren's talent and learning. Although he joined Sun Jian's account for a short time, he could always hear some wonderful words and sentences from Chen Ren's mouth. Zhang Zhen was also full of poems and books. The words and sentences read by Chen Ren could be said to have never been heard by him. There was only one possibility that Chen Ren wrote them himself. However, judging from his words and sentences, either impassioned or reclusive in the field, his style is changeable, which is totally different from that of a man.

What surprised Zhang most was Chen Ren's position in Sun Jian's old army, which was also revealed at today's banquet. When they took their seats, Chen Ren was still coming, but none of Sun Jian's old staff sat down first. Even Sun Jian's eldest son, sun CE, stood respectfully waiting. At first, Zhang Zhen and others thought that they were waiting for Sun Jian, so they did not take their seats.

However, after Chen Ren arrived, he directly sat on the top seat on Sun Jian's left hand, and then the old ones also sat down one after another. It was hard for Zhang Zhen to think about it. Sun Jian's old troops, whether they were veteran generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zu Mao, Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Tai Shici and other young generals, as well as Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and other civil servants, were all talented and rebellious people. However, they respected Chen Ren so much that he could not understand.

Zhang Zhen looked at Chen Ren again and Sun Jian, who was on the top. He thought that the tiger in the east of the river was just a brave general with more than enough wit. However, today, although Sun Jian looks reckless, his inner mind is cautious. Moreover, the city government is quite deep, and there is a certain leader style between his actions and actions.After thinking about the discussions of several great aristocratic families before him, Zhang Gu couldn't help laughing bitterly. Seeing Sun Jian's irresistible momentum, the big families in Jiangdong came up with the idea of supporting Sun Jian and infiltrating Sun Jian's internal affairs. He wanted to take advantage of his surrender and gradually lose Sun Jian's control over the army and continue to be their local emperor. However, after meeting Sun Jian and his old troops, Zhang Zhen gradually realized that the so-called "safe and sound" plan of Jiangdong aristocratic family was not feasible at all.

Looking at Zhang Zhao next to him, he shakes his head slightly. His own family is just a family in Jiangdong that is already on the decline. Although Zhang Zhao's family name is the same, it can't be compared at all. Zhang Zhao, Lu Ji, Yu fan, Xu Gong and other representatives of Jiangdong aristocratic family still firmly believe that the plan can be successful. Although they are called "Jiangdong two Zhang" together with Zhang Zhao, their influence can not be compared with that of Zhang Zhao. How can we say that they can be moved? However, Zhang Gu has to take a drink of his own.

However, what Zhang did not expect was that his just a series of facial expression changes did fall into the eyes of many people on the opposite side.

Chen Ren and Guo Jia looked at each other, and nodded slightly with Cheng Yu, who was sitting in the corner. Although it remained the same on the surface, it was a burst of ecstasy in his heart. The Jiangdong family was not a piece of iron, and this piece of wood was an important breakthrough!

In fact, Chen Ren also racked his brains on how to deal with the Jiangdong aristocratic family. Nowadays, Sun Jian's influence is not very strong. He takes away 5000 soldiers and horses left in Changsha and Shouchun, and then removes those left in each city and county. Although Sun Jian never stopped recruiting during this period of time, on the one hand, it was not an overnight effort to control the infiltration of aristocratic families into the army; on the other hand, it was not an overnight effort to train into elite soldiers. Therefore, the troops Sun Jian can use now is only 60000 troops. It is not easy to eradicate the Jiangdong aristocratic family with these soldiers and horses.

Chen Ren was a little envious of the princes in Guandong. It was because of the war that his troops were gradually increasing. Cao Cao, for example, easily gained hundreds of thousands of troops when he captured Qingzhou, while Liu Bei only captured two prefectures. In a flash, he pulled out nearly 50000 troops from thousands of troops. Jiangdong is too stable, and not all the people are willing to join the army to fight. But the most important thing is that most of the people in Jiangdong are attached to the great families in Jiangdong, which is also a huge stumbling block to Sun Jian's development.

Since Sun Jian's current power can't be met by force, it can only be achieved by wisdom. This is what Chen Ren and Sun Jian said before. However, how to take advantage of it is a big problem in front of Chen Ren. After discussing with Guo Jia, Chen Ren even called Cheng Yu to moling. The three men buried themselves in analysis and finally came up with a solution, that is, to decompose the Jiangdong family from the inside!

Jiangdong aristocratic families are not only powerful, but also numerous. These aristocratic families are not docile kittens. On the contrary, they are all starving wolves who eat people and don't vomit bones. Before Sun Jian and other powerful princes came out, they never stopped fighting openly and secretly. If there is a struggle, there will be victory or defeat, and there will be losers. Some losers are doomed to ruin their families, while some losers can live in humiliation and survive. For example, Zhang Zhen is one of the representatives. Zhang's Zhangjia has no blood relationship with Zhang Zhao's, so it has been the target of attack for a long time. From the original middle class family, now it has been the bottom of the family in Jiangdong. If it wasn't for Sun Jian's strong power, I'm afraid that Zhang's family would be eaten away by other aristocratic families before long.

Chen Ren's idea is to secretly support a declining and weak family like Zhang Zhen and take them into their own use. There are many such families. For example, the Zhang Jia family of Zhang Jia, Chen Wu's Chen family who is drinking alone in the corner, and Xu family of Xusheng behind Zhang Zhao are all declining families in Jiangdong. They are different from the Xu family, Yu family and other big families. They have lost that kind of powerful power, and will never be as disgusted with Sun Jian's rule as other big families If we can get Sun Jian's support, we will be loyal to Sun Jian.

But just now, Zhang's expression has shown that his heart has begun to waver. Chen Ren's heart already knows. Now what Zhang's lack of is someone pushing him behind his back!